Bethoron also transliterated Beth Horon was the name for two adjacent towns, Bethoron Elyon Upper Bethoron , and Bethoron Tahton Lower Bethoron , named for the Ancient Egypt Egypto Canaanite religion Canaanite deity Horon mentioned in Ugarit ic literature and other texts. ref name Bethoron cite web title Bethoron Bayt Ur author Eugenio Alliata publisher Studium Biblicum Franciscanum date 2000 12 19 accessdate 2007 09 12 url http 198.62.75.1 www1 ofm mad discussion 062discuss.html ref ref name Albright cite journal title The Egypt Canaanite God Haur n author William Albright journal Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research volume No. 84 date December 1941 pages 7 12 jstor 1355138 authorlink William F. Albright issue 84 ref ref name Gray cite journal title The Canaanite God Horon ... Gibeon Aijalon road, the towns guarded the important ascent of Beth Horon. ref name Bethoron Both towns are mentioned in the Old Testament Upper Bethoron in Book of Joshua Joshua sourcetext source Bible version King James book Joshua chapter 16 verse 5 nobook and Lower Bethoron in sourcetext source Bible version King James book Joshua chapter 16 verse 3 nobook . ref name Bethoron According to Books ... verse 24 nobook , Lower Bethoron was built by Sheerah, the daughter of Beriah , son of Ephraim . ref name Bethoron Eusebius Onomasticon also mentions the twin villages and St. Jerome describes them as little hamlets which it seems they have always been. ref name Bethoron The two Palestinian people Palestinian ... name for the towns, ref name Bethoron and have been identified as the sites of Upper and Lower Bethoron. ref name Gray Archaeology Archaeological finds indicate that the Lower town was established ..., whereas those in Upper Beit Ur date only from the Iron Age onward. ref name Bethoron An Israeli community .... History From Egypt ian sources Muller, As. und Europa , etc. it appears that Bethoron was one of the places ... Bible places Category Geography of the West Bank ca Bethoron fr Be t Horon he ... more details
www1 ofm mad discussion 062discuss.html ref and has been identified as the sites of Upper Bethoron ... ref Archaeological finds indicate that Lower Bethoron Beit Ur al Tahta was established before Upper Bethoron potsherd s found in Beit Ur al Fauqa date from the Iron Age onward, while potsherds from the lower town date from the Late Bronze Age . ref name Bethoron The Hasmonean s twice blocked the way of Hellenistic civilization Hellenistic forces marching toward Jerusalem in Upper Bethoron. In the third ... pass. ref name Sharon Sharon, 1997, p.165. ref It was in the ravines near Bethoron that the Legio ... , the Biblical way of Bethoron. For many centuries, the villages occupying their sites dominated one of the most historic roads in history. The ridge way of Bethoron climbs from the plain of Aijalon ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Beth Horon partof the First Jewish Roman War place Bethoron result Jewish Victory combatant1 Roman Empire combatant2 Jews of Iudaea Province casualties1 1 Legion destroyed casualties2 Unknown Campaignbox First Jewish Roman War The Battle of Beth Horon was a battle fought in 66 AD between the Roman army and Jewish rebel forces in the First Jewish Roman War . The Battle of Beth Horon was the worst defeat the Romans suffered at the hands of rebels. Background Judea came under Roman Empire Roman control in 63 BC, when the Pompey the Great arrived in the Middle East as part of the Roman campaign against Mithridates VI of Pontus . Judea was subsequently ruled by a series of client kings, friendly to and supported by Rome. In 37 BC Rome appointed Herod the Great king, helping him oust the Parthia n backed leader Antigonus II Mattathias . Shortly after Herod s death, Judea came under direct Roman control and was ruled by prefects appointed in Rome. Rebellion In AD 66 long standing Greek and Jewish religious tensions took a downward spiral after Jewish worshippers witnessed Greek civilians sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue in Caesarea ref Josephus, War of the Jews II.14.5 ref and complained to the authorities. The Roman garrison did not intervene, leading to the triggering of popular protests against Roman taxation. The protests were ignored by the governor until public attacks in Jerusalem on Roman citizen s and others accused of having Roman sympathies, led the army garrison to intervene. The soldiers were attacked as they moved through the city by an increasing proportion of the Jewish residents many troops were killed and the rest evacuated Jerusalem. ref Josephus, War of the Jews ref As news of this action spread, many other towns and Jews joined the rebellion. Fearing the worst, the pro Roman king Agrippa II and his ... the coast, the Romans were closely pursued by rebel scouts. As they neared the pass of Bethoron Beth ... more details
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Canaanite names for these sites Bethoron Elyon Upper Bethoron , and Bethoron Tahton Lower Bethoron . Bethoron ... deity Horon mentioned in Ugarit ic literature and other texts. ref name Bethoron Citation title Bethoron ... more details
For the rock trio Ajalon band Image EmekAyalon.jpg thumb 250px Ayalon Valley, as seen from Gezer Ajalon also spelled Aijalon or Ayalon was a place in the lowland of Shephelah in the ancient Land of Israel , identified today as Yalo at the foot of the Bethoron pass, a Palestinian Arab village located convert 13 km southeast of Ramla in the West Bank . Its name is Hebrew language Hebrew for place of gazelle s . Citation needed date May 2011 The place may have been the site of several battles between invaders and the natives. In the Amarna letters Tell el Amarna letters , written during the last twelve years of Pharaoh Akhenaten and the first regnal year of Tutankhamun 14th century BCE , Adonizedek Adoni zedek spoke of the destruction of the city of Ajalon by the invaders, and describes himself as afflicted, greatly afflicted by the calamities that had come on the land, urging the king of Egypt to hasten to his help. This event may have been connected to an attack of the Amorite s, before the arrival of the Israelites under Joshua. But since the valley stretches as far to the west as to a point halfway between Sha alvim and Latrun , the city referenced in these letters may have been any settlement in the valley. Joshua s battle The Valley of Ajalon was first mentioned in the Book of Joshua as where Joshua defeated five Amorite kings. Following his midnight march to rescue the city of Gibeon ancient city Gibeon from the coalition led by the King of Jebus Jerusalem , Joshua pursued the coalition eastward, down through the descent of Beth horon, and then southward across the Valley of Aijalon. To allow the Israelites to complete the route before nightfall, Joshua asked the Lord to lengthening the day by uttering the command Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon ancient city Gibeon and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon . bibleverse Joshua 10 11 14 HE tells that The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. There has never been a day like it ... more details
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